UCLA Study Finds Only a Quarter of L.A. Metro Bus Stops Offer Shade
Shelters can help protect transit riders from extreme heat, so researchers from the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies mapped these shade structures across the region.
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Entries by Mary Braswell
Mukhija on the Complex Challenges of Easing the Housing Crunch
Informal, un-permitted units that fill an affordable housing need must be upgraded to provide safe shelter, as new construction is not enough to solve the crisis.
Anheier on Challenge Ahead for Germany’s Leaders
In a shifting geopolitical landscape, Germans are grappling with how to uphold pacifist and democratic values while their nation asserts itself militarily on the international stage.
Phillips on Benefits of Taking 12th-Grade Math
Taking a fourth year of high school math can open doors to higher education, according to a study of LAUSD students conducted by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute.
$3 Million Grant Will Help Expand Social Welfare Workforce Award will enable UCLA Luskin to grow its master of social welfare program to help meet statewide needs for behavioral health care
Award will enable UCLA Luskin to grow its master of social welfare program to help meet statewide needs for behavioral health care.
Latest Cohort of 4 Activists-in-Residence Is Largest Ever UCLA's cityLAB, Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy and Asian American Studies Center will serve as on-campus hosts
UCLA’s cityLAB joins program founders — Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy and Asian American Studies Center — as on-campus hosts.
In Reparations Debate, UCLA Students Help Amplify Black Californians’ Voices Public policy graduate students use tools of research to help shape history
Public policy students use tools of research to help shape history. “All I could think about was that I don’t want to disappoint our ancestors.”
Understanding the Epidemic of Mass Attacks
Social welfare professor Ron Avi Astor weighs in on factors that motivate mass shooters and how to protect children while avoiding the “prisonization” of school campuses.
‘I Love the School’ As interim dean at UCLA Luskin, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is giving back to a university that has been ‘extremely good to me’ for 33 years
As interim dean at UCLA Luskin, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is giving back to a university that’s been ‘extremely good to me’ for 33 years.
Telehealth, Key Part of Pandemic-Era Care, Should Be More Accessible, Study Finds
Researchers at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute find that racial, age, language and technology barriers are keeping many from optimizing remote doctor visits.
